My cousin (who works in promotions at a radio station) had an extra VIP ticket to see the movie District 9. Apparently VIP means we don't have to wait in line for several hours like hoi poloi do in the hope of getting one seat or two even after they received a ticket (either by contest or some random such). VIP also meant that we got to seat in ( Read more... )

So speaking of music,

I think I am tired of my guitar playlist. I have memorized all the songs except for "don't look back in anger" (but that is only because I don't really put an effort into memorizing it).

I think I'll make another list with some more Metric songs.
I tried to find tabs for songs by Masha Qrella and Sarah Blasko but I only ( Read more... )

Sunday, 2:00 AM: I continued with a boring dream I had some two hours earlier. I was a third person observer viewing two department of transit workers who were arguing about where a light post was supposed to be placed. They called in their supervisor who then got in contact with a city planner and figured out where to place it. The dream ended ( Read more... )

I cannot stand to listen to much of David Bowie's music. The music sounds very dated to me and although innovative it lacks causing me to feel interested ( Read more... )

I LOATHE writing cover letters ( Read more... )

So a construction crew demolished and, I assume, will repave the streets in my neighborhood. Some 10 blocks are broken down and await fixing. I never saw how the DOT did the breaking down of the streets and I found it so fascinating ( Read more... )

(Or How We Failed to get Tickets for Shakespeare in The Park ( Read more... )

So I won an Ipod Nano (16GB) on Monday. It was a gift given to four people chosen from a survey my school conducted some months ago. I had not paid much attention to the results of the raffle since I did not expect to win and it had been a few months since I had completed the survey and had not heard anything back from them ( Read more... )

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I gots my gubmint check today ( Read more... )